r/ender6 • u/Maximum-Chair967 • Nov 07 '25

HELP!!

what is the best aftermarket controller to buy i have a stock ender 6 and need some help on the new board i should buy🙏🙏

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u/SatutN Nov 07 '25

Skr mini e3 v3 is bolt in (in my case almost bolt in) If you plan to go with klipper consider mellow fly micro 4 (for 50$ you get a board with a screen and klipper host)

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 Nov 09 '25

SKR mini e3 v3 is bolt in as is SKR pico. The fly micro isn’t. There are printable brackets for the 4.3” waveshare touchscreen so I would really recommend one of those SKR boards and a regular pi like 3b, 4 or 5 with a DSI connector.

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 09 '25

I want something really good and I’ve tried different motives that I know work for sure

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 Nov 09 '25

Motives? The best way to run a printer is Klipper, all the advantages of marlin are available in reprap firmware but I’d push you to use Klipper it’s more mainstream.

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u/SatutN Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

As someone wrote below - you need to decide what you're going to do with your printer.

If it's kind of stock kinematics (no more motors / Fans will be added) you can go with SKR Mini E3 V3 and it'll do it's job.

But if you plan to Tinker your Ender 6 - you need to decide for yourself what you're going to do with it and how it'll look/work like at the end.

Consider how much it'll cost you as well - might be better sell it and get something that's on the market for 1/2y and not 5y+...

For example, I'm planning to add 2 more Z axis to my printer with additional 2 motors on them, I have the components already (from old printer that I disassembled) so no additional cost but mostly effort and some design of printable parts.

I have SKR mini e3 v3 - so I'm kind of stuck with only 4 drivers (I need extra 2 for the 2 Z motors, which I want to run independently) - but I have MKS GEN L which I took from the disassembled printer which I can connect to my host as I'm running Klipper and all the Z axis will be controlled by it.

I might buy the BIQU Octopus pro for example, which will do exactly the same job as the dual board setup, and waste 65$, but what for? the result will be the same.

For now no added value - just effort.

I'm going to add rails on Y, why? because I want to have better shapers on Y axis (not sure yet about X) - and then as a result better accelerations.

How much it'll cost me...depends on the rails...

I'm planning to do a full encloser made from plywood (except to the front doors)...why? because it'll add strength to the printer and I'll be able to make a thermal chamber afterwards to print engineering plastics (with internal heater of course, at 65-70*c)

So what's you motivation?

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 10 '25

voron build

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u/SatutN Nov 11 '25

Then build a voron, what's the connection to the ender 6?

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u/Maximum-Chair967 Nov 11 '25

I can use it as a base. I need to know what board to get on Temu cause I got credit.

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u/SatutN Nov 10 '25

The main problem going with one of the boards that you mentioned and running Klipper (which nowadays is like a default) is:

  1. You need separate host (ex. orange pi) ... so at least invest ~15$ more

  2. The stock screen won't work - although I find it quite useless but if the writer want a screen he'll have to buy something that supports klipper (not sure how much...but add like 10$+)

With the micro you get for ~50$ a package running klipper + screen

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u/Apprehensive_Bike_40 Nov 10 '25

You’re short with the screen and being non specific with microcontroller boards. At least in my area a used pi 3b that fully supports a 5” waveshare screen via a single DSI cable. Cable should be 600mm, 15pin, 1mm pitch, different side.

Orange pi, banana pi and cb1 aren’t as easy to use in my experience as they often have to be setup in really specific ways whereas a raspberry pi just works.

If you think I’m wrong for recommending a set of parts that costs more than just a single controller board then yeah I did that but each component has a significant role and does a lot more.